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May, 1992

CONTRIBUTORS:

Steve Bloom Mary Brandenburg Pete Brandenburg Thurmond Chafin Debbie Parramore Clyde Payton

The

Skeeter Prather Anne Reynolds

Tico Rubio Carol Stuart Roger Stuart

Jaroslav Valek

Florida CLINKER BREAKER

Florida Artist Blacksmith Association-Chapter of ABANA, Inc. Established May 18, 1985 Treasury: $8194.44 Membership: 222

ALBERT PALEY

Those who attended the 1990 ABANA conference in upstate New York had the opportunity to visit Albert Paley's studio, and see how this famous blacksmith works. What you may not realize is that he began met- alworking in the '60s as an innovative jeweler, forging and fabricating silver and gold. The Renwick Gallery (part of the Smithsonian) is hold- ing a retrospective exhibition of Paley's jewelry-don't miss it if you'll be in Washington. Otherwise, read about Paley's remarkable work in the Spring, 1992, issue of Ornament magazine.

FOSSILIZED IVORY SOURCE

Bladesmiths seeking fossilized ivory for handles may want to get a color catalog from OSO Famoso, Box 654, Ben Lomond, CA 95005 (send $1 plus a self-addressed stamped envelope), or call (408) 336-2343. They sell bulk material and scrimshaw, plus handmade beads. Many people object to the use of elephant ivory, and fossilized ivory is an alterna- tive used by many bladesmiths. I don't know anything about OSO Famoso, but they have attractive ads.

1992 ABANA CONFERENCE, JUNE 17-2 1 CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN LUIS OBISPO

See pages 6 & 7 for more information.

The Florida Clinker Breaker, May, 1992

MEETING SCHEDULE-MAY, 1992 d The regions have no boundaries-everyone i s welcome everywhere. Come t o more than one i f you can. We ho ld regular monthly meetings i n each region (except tha t we a l l t r y t o get together a t one Statewide Meeting quar te r l y ) on the f o l - lowing Saturdays o f each month: NE-lst, NU-Znd, SE-3rd,-& SW-last. The actual dates may vary from month t o month; check the schedule below. We a lso ho ld short board meetings a t the quar te r l y statewide meetings, and a board meeting and general membership meeting a t the annual conference. Our meetings are informal gatherings around the forge. Pros ec t i ve members are always welcome, of course! Come f o r a l l or any par t of a meeting. Br ing your tools, o r j us t watci. Most meetings run from 9 am t o 4 pm, and y o u ' l l need Lunch i f you stay a l l day, unless otherwrse noted.

May 2, 9 am: NE region meeting, Steve & Kimmy Bloom's shop, Archer. Steve and Bill Roberts will demonstrate gravity, cen- trifugal, and vacuum casting techniques.

May 9, 9 am: NW region meeting, San Luis State Historical Site, Talla- hassee. Skeeter Prather will demonstrate blacksmithing on a 1600s-style charcoal forge. See article on page 4 .

May 16, 9 am: SE region meeting, Ray & Anne Reynolds, Royal Palm Beach. FABA President Tico Rubio will demonstrate basic knifemaking techniques. Bring lunch and a lawn chair.

May 30, loam: SW region meeting, Crowley Museum, Sarasota.

UPCOMING EVENTS

May 2: Last day to get something in the newsletter. May 18: FABA1s seventh birthday. June 6, 9 am: NE region meeting, Pioneer Center for the Creative Arts,

Barberville. Open meeting. June 13, 9 am: NW region meeting, Jerry and Tycee Grice's home shop (not

the business), Tallahassee. Jerry will demonstrate chis- eling and repousse design work in ferrous and non-ferrous - metals.

June 27, loam: SW region meeting, Crowley Museum, Sarasota. June 17-21, '92ABANA conference, San Luis Obispo, CA. See page 7 . July 4, 9 am: Northeast region meeting. July 25, loam: Quarterly statewide meeting, SW region, Crowley Museum,

Sarasota. Aug. 15, 9 am: NW region meeting, Ed and Nancy Crane's shop,

Tallahassee. Aug. 24-28: Damascus Steel class by FABA member Charles Ochs, at

Texarkana College's School of Bladesmithing. See p. 10. Aug. 29, loam: SW region meeting, Crowley Museum, Sarasota. October, 1992: FABA Annual Conference, Pioneer Settlement, Barberville.

Demonstrators will include Clay Spencer and Steve Schwarzer. The two-day Conference will also feature beginning and intermediate blacksmithing classes, a family crafts program, and the unforgettable blacksmith and medicine man, Tim Ryan.

May 14-15, '93 Southeastern regional blacksmith conference, Madison, Georgia. Contact conference chairman Willard Smith, Route 1 Box 138, Blountstown, FL 32424, (904) 674-8055.

MORE RAILROAD SPIKE REUSE Thurmond Chaffin

This is made similarly to the tomahawk, except that the fullered or flared area is symmetrical instead of straight on one side. The eye for the handle is placed on the same side as the flare. The flare then is made concave and curved toward the handle. The spike head is retained to provide weight which enhances the performance of the tool. Wish I could draw!


May 9, 9 am NORTHWEST REGION

Clyde Payton (904) 997-3627 Skeeter Prather (904) 386-9246 San Luis State Historical Site

Tallahassee

May 2, 9 am NORTHEAST REGION

Steve & Kimmy Bloom (904) 528-6508

Archer

May 30, 10 am May 16, 9 am SOUTHWEST REGION SOUTHEAST REGION

Ray & Anne Reynolds (407) 793-2452 Crowley Museum (813) 322-1000 11064 Sunset Blvd 16404 Myakka Road, Sarasota Royal Palm Beach


NEWS FROM THE NORTHWEST Clyde Payton

Starting on top of a remarkable and artistic poured foundation, the northwest region of FABA put up the stud walls for the new blacksmith shop at the Panhandle Pioneer Settlement. Willard Smith has some stout, rough-cut pine waiting for us, and the sawing and nailing commenced with plenty of hands to do the job.

The building will measure 32'x4OV and is only one of a series of structures that will be used to interpret farm life and crafts in the early part of the century. A 500-foot boardwalk is completed over the creek run and low ground between the pioneer settlement and the rest of the Sam Atkins Recreational Complex. It makes a beautiful entrance to the historic area.

We are all looking forward to fire and hammers in the blacksmith shop and hope we will be asked to help again-especially if the food is anything like the banquet laid out at the park by our friends in Blountstown: all the barbecued chicken you could eat, many homemade veg- etable dishes, fantastic desserts, and more. With some difficulty, we went back to work after dinner and somehow finished by 4 PM.

Present were Willard Smith; Jerry Grice; Tommy Barnes; Virgil Mayo; Josh Kern; Regie, Chris, Bryan, and Lee Odum; Fred Stoltzfus; Ben Fergu- son; Chris Nissley; and Jim Lollis. Spud Davis cooked up the barbecue, and Linda Smith, Fran Mayo, Francis Price, and Lynn Rayls were some of those involved in the feast.

NORTHWEST REGION'S MAY MEETING Clyde Payton, Regional Coordinator

The May meeting will be on the second Saturday, May 9, at the San Luis State Historical Site in Tallahassee (see map on page 3). San Luis was a 1600s Spanish mission built at a thriving Native American town, and is now a state archaeological and historical site. It is in itself well worth a visit.

FABA member Skeeter Prather, San Luis's resident period blacksmith Interpreter, will demonstrate blacksmithing on a 1600s-style charcoal forge made of mud and sticks with a double accordion goat skin bellows. All Skeeter's period tools, including the anvil, are handmade. This historical shop, with Skeeter in his period costume, is quite a sight!

We will experiment with making period Spanish hardware and trinkets for the shop, and will also make something for the October auction. Bring your hand tools and portable forge, if you have one. Bring a bucket of coal for your coal forge since San Luis uses charcoal, and has no coal. San Luis will furnish iron. Bring your lunch; cold drinks will be furnished.

If you're bringing a forge, park in the Lab Parking Area; others should park in the public parking area. All FABA members, and all those interested in blacksmithing, are welcome.

JEWELRY-SIZE ANVILS FOR SALE m Bill Roberts has wonderful miniature brass anvils and hammers for

sale. He has about 10 left and they are $20 each. Anyone interested can call him at (904) 687-2959.

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NEWS FROM THE NORTHEAST by Steve Bloom

The March meeting of the Northeast Chapter was held at J.C. Hawkins' shop. Approximately 15 smiths put in an appearance, including several newcomers (Hale & Ralph Stancil and Gene May). Activities included getting slobbered on by Bo (J.C.'s black lab), attacking the pile of doughnuts and assorted treats, admiring Ronnie Fowler's Damascus knives, and watching J.C. demonstrate the construction of farrier tongs. Neat Idea Department: J.C. has a set of steel plates (111x3w approximately) of varying thickness collected onto a ring-so when he needs to size a set of tongs, he just selects the correct plate rather than searching through the scrap bin. John Cross was unable to host the meeting and is reported to be doing fine after his operation. Everyone sends their best wishes for a swift recovery.

The next meeting, May 2, will be at my shop south of Archer. Bill Roberts and I will be demonstrating lost-wax casting and Kimmy and I will provide lunch (assuming you like chile). We're a bit short on seating, so drag along a folding chair if you have one.

NEWS FROM THE SOUTHEAST Pete Brandenburg

The southeast region held its March meeting at Ray and Anne Reynoldsv house in Royal Palm Beach. Pete and Mary Brandenburg; Dale and Casey Kipp; Ray, Anne, Jonathan, and Allison Reynolds; Ray Roberts; a and John Struthers attended.

The group worked more on the project for the auction at the Annual Conference in October. It looks like it'll take us about two more meetings to finish up-less if we stop making Ray Reynolds do most of the work. We all got our hands dirty, though. It's just that Ray can think while he's pounding so he gets more done.

John brought an interesting selection of tongs to show us. They ranged in size from little bitty ones to tongs that were about four feet long. John figures the big ones were used to manipulate work that was supported by an overhead crane. On the other hand, maybe the old leg- ends about huge, powerful blacksmiths were true.

We will meet again at Ray and Anne Reynolds' house on May 16 at 9 am. At this meeting, FABA President Tico Rubio will demonstrate basic knifemaking techniques. It's nice of Tico to make the five-hour drive from Barberville to demonstrate for us (well, maybe four hours if Maggi drives). Let's give him a good turnout. Bring your lunch and a lawn chair.

MAGNETIC TAPE Thurmond Chaffin

I have discovered self adhesive magnetic tape! It is available at craft stores and other sources. It comes in 1/211, 3 / 4 " , and 1" widths. The l/2I9 size sells for 15 to 20 cents per foot. I used in on several auxiliary vise jaws-wood, aluminum,. brass, etc.-and spacers that I use @ to prevent springing my post vise too much. It will stick to most anything. It is also good to hold drawings to a metal table, just lay it on top in strips. You don't even have to remove the tape. It seems to take the pressure of the vise without harm. Try it-you'll like it!


GETTING STARTED IN BLACKSMITHING

Ed Bond, the new editor of The Hammer's Arc, the newsletter of the Tullie-Smith House Blacksmith Guild in Atlanta, has given some serious thought to making it easy to start blacksmithing. He plans to have an article in each newsletter article for new smiths (to join, send $3-what a bargain!-to the Tullie-Smith House Blacksmith Guild, 2695 S. Arbor Dr., Marietta, GA 30066). This is an excerpt from Ed's article:

I dislike the word beginner as many of us may be experts in one area of blacksmithing, but we are all beginners in another. I don't plan to go into a lengthy discussion of techniques. There are too many good books that do an excellent job of this and are good to have as a reference.

Let's start with some good books. There are other sources, but I recommend Centaur Forge as a starter. Address: Centaur Forge Ltd., P. 0. Box 340, Burlington, WI 53105. If you're in a hurry, try their 800 number: 1-800-666-9175. They will take VISA and Mastercard. Be sure to ask for their catalog [free], which makes an excellent reference for all types of blacksmithing supplies. Following are recommended books for the new blacksmith, with their [Centaur] catalog numbers:

BK57 Edge of the Anvil-Andrews ($15.95) BK53 Modern Blacksmith-Weygers ($10.95) BK422 Elementary Forge Practice-Bacon ($11.95) BK58 The Blacksmith's Craft-CoSira ($19.95) Now we need some basic equipment. Let's start with the

following: forge, anvil, hammers, tongs, anvil tools, and vise. These should get us started. If you look at forge and anvil prices in the Centaur catalog, you may decide you can't afford to be in blacksmithing. Don't give up yet. Cross pein and ball pein hammers can be picked up at Sears. A larqe imported machinist's vise in the $30-40 range can be obtained at Home Depot or Northern Hydraulics (you can find a blacksmith's leg vise later). Some vise grips will serve as your first tongs. Some of the Diamond brand hardies from Centaur for about $13 and held in the vise will get you started. Round bars can be held in the vise to serve as a horn. Other- wise, look for a second-hand anvil. Now a forge. Working with one of the experienced members, obtain a truck brake drum and a blower from Grainger for about $40, plus ask for the appropriate speed control.

Ed Bond has some good ideas about how to get started cheaply. Some of the FABA members do, too. Ask around. Modern Blacksmithing, by Weygers, has detailed instructions and drawings explaining how to make a good anvil with horn and hardy hole from a piece of railroad rail. Grainger is a nation-wide wholesale industrial supply distributor (800) 323-0620).

1992 ABANA CONFERENCE, JUNE 17-21 CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY

SAN LUIS OBISPO

ABANA is now mailing out registration information for the 1992 Conference. If you don't receive it, contact: ABANA, PO Box 1181, Nashville, Indiana 47488, (812) 988-6919.

1992 ABANA International Conference

Now, just i n case you somehow failed t o see the introduction to the conference program i n the W i n k issue of the Anvil's Ring, here's a brief summary. Our international guests on the program are:

Manfred Bffgmmeister (Germany) has what is, arguably, the leading blacksmith shop in Europe. They produce major commisions i n i ron and forged bronze.

Alan Evans (England) is one of the brightest stars from the UK, with a number o f Ma& commissions i n contemporary design.

Hermann Gradingw (Germany), smith, designer and academic of the field, has produced award-winning designs, particularly in the area of l igh t fixtures.

G w a Hatanaka and Kotaro Kurata (Japan) form a team producing extracedinary work i n the architectural and sculptural areas of design.

Peter Parkinson (England), an artist-blacksmith and professor of design has a wealth of knowledge and talent to offer.

Walter Suter (Switzerland), a leading force i n the Swiss blacksmithing world, is an accomplished smith, designer and author.

I n the area of new talent, we w i l l have a tandem demonstration by two young smiths, Cara Frost and Claudia Petley, also from England. These women are serious smiths and come to us with high recommendations by none other khan Richard Quinnell.

The Nwth American group of demonstrators -- consisting of both hot, young talent and seasoned veterans -- follows: .be Anderson (Nwth Carolina), Jim Austin (California), Pek Babun (Ontario), Louie Barrette (Quebec), Joseph Bonifas (Ohio), .bay Burnham-Kidwell (Arizona), Eric Clausen (California), Jeffrey Funk (Montana), Hoss Haley (New Mexico), Daniel Miller (North Carolina), Eric Uoebius (Wisconsin), Datyl Nelson (Washington), Bruce Horthridge (California), Brad Silberberg (Maryland), Rick Smith (North Carolina), and Doug Wilson (Maine).

S~ec ia l Blade & Damascus P w r a m Phil Baldwin w i l l give a demonstration/lecture entitled "A Sampler of

Handle-Making Techniques." and lecture on "Making Your Own Steel, the Carburization of Wrought Iron."

Gene Chapman w i l l conduct two sessions on primitive folding-knife mechanisms.

Bill F m n i ' s lecture is entitled "H i s t r i c and Contemporary Pattern-Welded Gun Barrels, a Smith's View." He w i l l also be dzmonstrating both "Forging a Pattern-Welded Barrel" and "Tomahawk Forging.

Jim Hriswlas will lecture on "Qetting Started: Basic Shop Set-Up for a Beginning Knifemaker," and demonstrate "The Hollow-ground Blade."

Scott Lankton will lecture on "Special Problems in Historical Recreations," and demonstrate "Historic European P a t F n Welding, Twist Steel Blades."

Dan Maragni will give two lectures: Bask Metallurgy" and "How Every Sword Was Ever Made i n Any Place at Any Time." He will also demonstrate "Bask Blade Forging and Heat Treatment"

Daryl Mek- has two lectures scheduled: "Special Problems i n Pattern Development: How I Developed the American Flag Pattern on the Bush Bowie," (see "Bush Bowie" article, current issue A.R.) and "European Iron-Age Blade Struduras."

A l l of the above lecturers and demonstrators w i l l participate i n a panel discussion dealing with contemporary bladesmithing. The discussion w i l l include a question and answer period w"SI special emphask on technical matters. Phil Baldwin w i l l moderate the discussion.

Farrier Proqram For the f i r s t time ABANA w i l l feature a program by farriers a t the bi-

annual conference. Although many f a r r o r s are adept a t making a wide variety of horseshoes, as well as the tocis with which t o make them, some also do decorative and functional ironwork f w fun and p r o f i t I n fact, many o f our leading artist-blacksmiths and blacksmithing teachers stcarted their f w g i n g careers as farriers. Come see what thev have to offer.

The following people have been schet-led for lectures, demonstrations and instruction:

Bruce Daniels has been shoeing horses for over 40 years. He had his own schwl for horse shoeing for over 10 ye>-s i n Mullka Hill. New Jersey. He has won the North American Challenge Cup a ~ d the Mustang Champion Forging Buckle at the American Farriers Associar'on Convention. He has competed on and coached the American Farriers Tear;. i n England, Irelar.d, and Scotland a number of times, and i s a former presicent of the American Farriers Association. Bruce i s i n wide demand fc- clinics and contest judging all over the country.

He is also known for his tool-makinc skills and for deca-ative and functional ironwork. He is an excellent xacher and demonstratw. He w i l l present a slide program on both tool m i - i n g and decorative ironwork, and two three-hour forging demonstrations on hc*. the farr ier can use his/her blacksmithing ski l ls i n the making of bx :s and production of beautiful ironwork.

Gene Armstrong has been the farr ier instructor a t Cal Poly for many years. He is an excellent horseshoer and teachv, and has taught many o f the best farriers i n the United States.

Charles Orlando has been shoeing ant doing blacksmithing for 14 years. He has participated widely i n horseshoe 'wging competiticns for the past twelve years, as well as teaching blacks.~i th ing at the John C. Campbell Folk Schwl and a t local and regional workshcos.

Gene and Charley's program will feature the "Farrier as Blacksmith." They will demonstrate the blacksmithing techniques the skilled farrier uses i n many types of shoeing situations. They will fsrm shoes showing the various blacksmithing techniques o f drawing out, upsetting, forge welding, and forge brazing.

Frank Turley shoed horses for many years, and has been teaching blacksmithing at h is Turley Forge Schwl i n Santa Fe. New Mexico, for over twenty years. T h e e are few blacksmiths who have not been i n one o f Frank's classes or seen him demonstrata He is an excellent teacher and toolsmith as well. Frank will be demonstrating how to fashion a f ron t and hind shoe for Morgan horses, either English Pleasure or Park, and will discuss the reasons for the di f ferent features of each shoe. I n addition. Frank w i l l cover some o f the farr iers tools, and how they are made.


LETTER FROM THE UKRAINE

Gastello Str. 9/10 Ivano, Frankovsk 284005 West Ukraine

Dear Colleagues-the blacksmiths from Florida Association of Art Blacksmith,

I was very glad to receive your letter. Thank you for your atten- tion and constancy. I receive regularly,your magazine. From it, I saw that in your country there are many kind people who love their country and their trade. I looked through a magazine and sent it to my friends. I think that they will be very interested in it.

Now there are some new problems in our country. During a month and a half, I didn't post a parcel to the USA, and because my letter will be very late, I think spring will have begun. It is coming in our souls too. The American Embassy in the capital of Ukraine, Kiev, will open soon.

And now, a few words about my work. During the past month, I have acquired an old Austrian anvil. I restored it to good condition. I closed up the dents, ground and tempered it. So that now I am not a "not possessing a horsef' farmer, the Church ordered me to do the pectoral crosses, but I do not have any information about this work. I don't know how to timber it on the top of the Church, or how to calcu- late their sizes. If you have that information, please, share it with me.

Recently, my wife gave birth to our third son, Nikolaj. So that I have outlook now. But I have many problems too (lately the dog bit the beautiful baby; sometimes in night there are many noises because children awaken one another, wife awaken me and begin . . . ) . So, it was the trait to portrait.

Please tell me about your families and work and about your country-America.

i With best wishes and respect,

Nikolaj Yemelyancheek

[Editor's note: Please send Nikolaj any information you have on cross making. A pectoral cross is a style traditionally worn by Catholic bishops and abbots, but he'd probably be interested in any traditional crosses. FABA members, too, would be like to learn how to mount crosses, and other decorations, on roofs, so please send me a copy of your ideas, too, for the newsletter.]

NEW MEMBERS

Rennie Bishop, P. 0. Box 586, DeBary, FL 32713. William Burridge, 5597 Hibiscus Road, Jupiter, FL 33458. Larry & Pauline Griffin, 32326 CR 437, Sorento, FL 32776, H: (904) 383- 4305. David & Jacqueline Houss, 119 River Street, Blountstown, FL 32424, H: (904) 674-5073, W: (904) 674-5481. Wink & Stella Infinger, 2040 Hill n Dale, Tallahassee, FL 32311, H: (904) 877-8641, W: (904) 224-7922. Wink needs everything. Hank & Lyla Kennedy, 4230 Irvington Avenue, Jacksonville, FL 32210, H:

I, (904) 388-0127.

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Lewis & De De Larue, 2010 Woods Road, Green Cove Springs, FL 32043, H: (904) 284-3025, W: (904) 284-3317. Lewis needs hand tools and a post vise. Steve & Wendy Mamone, 9901 SW 67 Terrace, Ocala, FL 32676. Steve is a machinist who has helped out FABA with tools in the past. Gene & Libby Mulloy, P. 0. Box 1049, Laurel, MS 39441, H: (601) 425- 2115, W: (601) 428-0541. Arky & Phyllis Pillsbury, 9398 Rainelle Avenue, Crystal River, FL 32629, H: (904) 795-5795. David & Kathleen Reddy, HCR 17, White Springs, FL 32096, H: (904 397- 2634, W: (904) 397-2192. David needs everything but coal and a forge. J.M. & A.H. Reid, 9830 Wadesboro Road, Tallahassee, FL 32311, H: (904) 878-6045, W: (904) 681-5488. J. M. needs everything. Eugene & Jenny Salzman, 3818 NE 3 Street, Ocala, FL 32671, H: (904) 694- 1694. James & Helen Scott, 102 Clyton Bryan Road, Zolfo Springs, FL 33890, H: (813) 735-1378. James needs hand tools and research material on forging in the middle ages. Paul & Luann Zelferdink, Route 22 Box 875, Tallahassee, FL 32310, H: (904) 575-2800, W: (904) 222-0937. Paul needs an anvil, hand tools, and any reading material on blacksmithing.

NEWS ABOUT MEMBERS

Although Jim and Barbara Batson of Huntsville, Alabama, are not FABA members, they have many friends in Florida. Jim, a talented blade- smith, demonstrated at one of our conferences in the '80s. But he's not the only one in the family with outstanding talent-Barbara has been nominated to be Grand Champion of the Alabama Lamb, Wool, and Mohair Association. In their recent Spinning and Knitting Competition, Barbara won five first place, a second place, and two third place awards: impressive skill AND impressive output. Congratulations, Barbara!

In mid-April, Ray Reynolds demonstrated for a half a day at his children's elementary school's Career Day. Ray made a lot of hooks, leaves, and even a snake. The kids liked the twisting process the best. About 500 kids said, ''My dad could do that." In ten years the same kids will come to your craft show demonstrations to tell you about their grandfathers. Meanwhile, Anne Reynolds showed everyone a variety of different forged items, including several small knives that Anne and Ray's son, Jonathan, made. The knives were the most popular thing, of course. Eat your heart out, Ray.

FABA President Tic0 Rubio recently finished teaching a two-class series, a beginner's blacksmithing class and an intermediate blacksmithing class, at the blacksmith shop of the Pioneer Center for the Creative Arts in Barberville, where FABA's northeast region often meets. The beginning class was full, with six students. Five students took the intermediate class. Tico is the Pioneer Center's resident blacksmith. He gave a percentage of the class fee to the Pioneer Center, and the students' material fees went to the Pioneer Center to cover the cost of materials used during the classes. This is the second series of classes Tico taught at the Pioneer Center's facility.

Tico is a farrier with over 25 years professional blacksmith expe- 0 rience. This year he has been working with wheelwright Lester Wollen- beck at the Pioneer Center under a grant from the Department of State's Bureau of Florida Folklife. Lester and Tico are scheduled to present their work during the Florida Folk Festival at the Stephen Foster State Folk Culture Center in White Springs, May 22-24.

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BLACKSMITHING CLASSES BY FABA MEMBERS a FABA member Charles Ochs will teach a Damascus Steel class at

Texarkana College's School of Bladesmithing on August 24-28, 1992. The course will cover bas tterns, pattern variations, and pattern manip- ulation. Prerequisit ntroductory course in bladesmithing or jour- neyman level smithing expertise. Tuition: $550. Contact James Powell, Director Community Services, Texarkana College, 2500 N. Robison Road, Texarkana, TX 75501, (903) 838-4541, ext. 237.

SCHOOLS THAT OFFER BLACKSMITHING CLASSES

Allison's Wells School of Arts & Crafts, PO Box 924, Canton, MS 39046, (601) 859-5826. Appalachian Center for Crafts, Rt. 3 Box 430, Smithfield, TN 37166, (615) 597-6801. Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, P.O. Box 567, Gatlinburg, TN 37738, (615) 436-5860. Brookfield Craft Center, P.O. Box 122 Rt. 25, Brookfield, CT 06804. John C. Campbell Folk School, Rt. 1 Box 14A, Brasstown, NC 28902, (800) 562-2440. Colorado Rocky Mt. School, 1493 CR 106, Carbondale, CO 81623, (303) 963-2562. Cranbrook Academy of Art, 500 Lone Pine Road Box 801, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48013, (313) 645-3300. Haystack Mt. School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME 04627, (207) 348-2306. Penland School, Penland, NC 28765, (704) 765-2359. Peters Valley Craft Center, CR 614, Layton, NJ 07851, (201) 948-5200. Turley Forge, Rt. 10 Box 88C, Santa Fe, NM 87501, (505) 471-8608.

A GOOD DEAL Submitted by Skeeter Prather -

Tallahassee FABA member Skeeter Prather has located a good place for visiting blacksmiths to stay. Michael Vescio of Sterling Inn and Suites will offer any FABA member, anytime, a group rate of $45 (plus 9% tax) per night. That includes a king or twin beds, free continental breakfast, free afternoon pianolwine reception, 10% meal discount at Shoney's and more.

To make reservations, call (800) 553-4787. To get this special rate, tell them you're a FABA member. The next time you drop in at a Tallahassee FABA meeting, thank Skeeter for setting this up for us!

HOW-TO ARTICLE REPRINT BOOKLETS-$2.25 EACH, POSTPAID

We have reprinted a year of FABA members' how-to articles from twelve issues of The Florida Clinker Breaker in two 8%" by 11" booklets. We're selling each booklet at FABA's printing and mailing cost of $2.25 per copy.

The 1990 how-to booklet contains 24 pages of article reprints from November, 1989, through October, 1990.

The 1991' how-to booklet contains 10 pages of article reprints from November, 1990, through October, 1991.

To order, specify how many copies you are ordering of each booklet, make out a check or money order to "FABA1' for $2.25 per copy, and send your order to FABA Treasurer Roger Stuart, Star Route 1 Box 207, Crescent City, FL 32122.


F'LORIDA ARTIST BLACKSMITH ASSOCIATION - Chapter of ABANA, Inc. Star Route 1, Box 207, Crescent City, FL 32122

President (92-93): Tico Rubio, P.O. Box 83 Barberv i l le , FL 32105, I h l (904) 749-3327 Vice-President (91-92): J.C. Hawkins, 13534 NW !60 Avenue, Morriston, FL 32668, [hl (904) 528-3348 Sec./Treas. (92-93): Carol/Roger Stuar t Star Route 1 Box 207, Crescent C i t y FL 32122, I h l (904) 467-9031 Newsletter Ed. (91-92): Pete Brandenburg 299 Granada Rd., West Palm Beach FL 33401 [hl (407) 833-2708, I w l 640-0445 Program Chair (92-93): B i l l Roberts, 542 S i l v e r Crs. Terrace, O ~ a l a , FL 32672, [hl b 0 4 ) 687-2959 Past-President (92-93):Lewis Riggleman, P.O. Box 247, San Antonio, FL 33576, [hl (904) 521-3515, Cwl (813) 937-4281 Board Memb. #1 (92-93):Clyde Payton, Route 3 Box 124D, Monticello, FL 32344 [hl (904) 997-3627 I w l (904) 488-0577 Board Memb. #2 (91-92):Pat Imbimbo, 2450 Kimberly Lane, Tallahassee FL 32361, [hl (904) 656-3464 Board Memb. #3 (92-93):Carl Aust in P.O. Box 1601, Zol fo Springs, FL 33890 I h l (813) 735-0257 Board Memb. #4 (91-92):Dale Kipp, 1271 123 T r . N., Royal Palm Beach, FL 33111, I h l (407) 793-0579, [ w l (407) 694-3779 Board Memb. #5 (92-93):Steve Bloom, P.O. Box 542, Archer, FL 32618 [hl (904) 528-6508, Cwl (904) 392-7279

The Flor ida A r t i s t Blacksmith Associat ion-- Chapter of A r t i s t Blacksmith Associat ion o f North America Inc. (FABA) i s a 501(c)(3), non-p ro f i t educational o rgan~za t ion whose purposes are t o teach, promote, and preserve the a r t o f blacksmithing. Contr jbut ions are tax-deduct ible t o the extent provided by Law. FABA i s - a s t a t e chapter o f the A r t i s t Blacksmirh Associat ion o f North-America, Inc. (ABANA). FABA publishes The F lo r ida Cl inker Breaker monthly, and FABA membership includes a subscri t i on . We s o l i c i t correspondence and unpaiba- re la ted t o FABA1s purposes. Send to: 1532 O l t ~keechobee Road #103, West Palm Beach, FL 33409. We need items by the f i r s t Saturday of the month t o get them i n the next month's issue. ABANA chapter newsletters may r e p r i n t non-copyrighted material i f i t i s c red i ted t o the author arid t h i s newsletter. You need the author 's permission t o r e p r i n t copyrighted mate- r i a l unless otherwise noted. Write, and w e ' l l put you i n touch.

FABA is r a f f l i n g o f f a S a n d i a g a s f o r g e i n O c t o b e r , 1992. You d o n o t need to be p r e s e n t to win. Sandia Gas Forge I The f o r g e w i l l be c r a t e d and = s h i p p e d t o you. T h i s i s t h e g a s Flor ida Artist : f o r g e i n t h e ABANA p l a n s t h a t was RR 1 BOX 2 07 , Crescent y , FL 32112

by Robb Gunter at the Drawing u i l l bc h e l d :n S a n d i a N a t i o n a l Labs i n New Mex- You do not nccti t o he present t o Shipping included. i c o . Tickets are $1 each o r 6 0 1

fo r $5. Send a c h e c k o r money Donation: $1 each &6 tickets f o r $5 o r d e r made o u t t o "FABA" t o FABA T r e a s u r e r Roger S t u a r t , S t a r Rou te 1, Box 207, C r e s c e n t C i t y ,

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Send t h i s app l i ca t ion and a membership fee of $15 to:

caro l & Roger Stuart FABA Secretary/Treasurer Star Route 1, Box 207 Crescent City, FL 32122

Make check out t o FABA. The FABA membership year begins May 1. New memberships received a f t e r Jan. 31 also cover the fo l lowing membership year. Membership i s a f o r a fami l . You don ' t have t o be an ABANA member t o j o i n FABA, i u t many FABA members are, and we encourage membership i n both organizations.

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1, hereby apply f o r membership i n the A r t i s t Blacksmith Associat ion o f North America and enclose as my annual membership dues f o r one year. Checks m-e US funds. Membership includes a sub- s c r i p t i o n t o The A n v i l ' s Ring.

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C I F u l l time Student ( 1 year only) $25.00 per year [ I Regular Membership ............. $35.00 per year [ 1 Family Member (one vote) ....... $40.00 per year [ I Senior C i t i zen (age 65) ........ 825.00 per year [ I Overseas Membership ............ $45.00 per year [ I Contr ibutory Member ........... 8100.00 per year [ I Publ ic L ib ra ry Subscript ion .... $25.00 per year

Cal l (812) 988-6919 t o charge your membership t o VISA or Master Card, o r make out a check t o ABANA and send to:

ABANA P. 0. Box 1181 Nashvil le, Indiana 47488

The Florida Clinker ~reaker, May, 1992

1992 FABA DUES DUE APRIL 30

FABA SecretaryITreasurer Carol and Roger Stuart will be sending out renewal notices for 1992 FABA dues soon. Dues are $15 per year. The FABA membership year runs from May 1 through April 30. Your membership expires on the date shown on your mailing label.

FOR SALE

Atlas small metal lathe $300; tanks,. cutting tips and hoses $200. Please contact Yvonne Flint, work (904) 627-6661 or home (904) 627-7933.

Inexpensive cold saws! Limited time, 250 mm Italian Okay brand, 15 degree head, coolant pump, single vise, 110 volt, 51 rpm, 32 mm Arbor, $1095, post paid while they last. 6-8 week delivery, model on display.

Multi-purpose ornamental bending machine combo. 50 ton max. Easy to build, does the job on a budget. Curves up to 55" high rails to com- pound curves. Bends bronze caps, staif stringers, flat, round, et~. Hot or cold. 2 units, air over hydraulic, large 6Ix8' press and 10 ton hand unit & some tooling. Complete plans for $75. Costs $300 plus 1 hp min. compressor parts sources included to build. Mike DeStefano, DeStefanols Artistic Metals, (813) 646-3055 or 646-1087.

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May, 1992, MEETINGS See detailed meeting schedule on page 2.

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